With the release of the latest version of Android OS 4.4 (KitKat), our support team started getting emails from B1 Free Archiver and B1 File Manager users complaining about a specific problemContinue reading…

Following the uprising popularity of Google Glass and Android Wear, B1 Free Archiver decided to become the first Android app to leave behind the graphic interface, limiting its users only to voice controlContinue reading…

Recently we’ve received a couple of messages on our support email, where our freshmen users ask us how to use B1 Free Archiver. Though it’s as easy as pie we still decided to make this small tutorial and guide you through some B1 Free Archiver settings. Continue reading…

Imagine something horrible has happened to this planet and neither you, nor your friends have ever heard or used B1 Free Archiver. Let it be a horrible alternative reality, a parallel universe, a Mordor – a place, where everyone uses other archivers than B1 Free Archiver. You and your friend had a trash party last night. It was so awesome you still can’t remember how you got home. Continue reading…

You probably have noticed that B1 Free Archiver for Windows offers 2 versions for download: Windows Installer and Stand-alone (full versions). Our users often ask us what is the difference between them and what they should download. Let us clear it out. Continue reading…

When reading the letters from our users on our support mail we often come across the question: why B1 Free Archiver does not create RAR archives? We keep on answering that RAR format is a proprietary one but it doesn’t seem to be persuasive enough. So to dispel all the doubts concerning RAR files we’ve decided to clear everything out in this simple Q&A manner. Continue reading…

We are living through the era of total and barefaced online vanity, when no one is ashamed of taking pictures of himself in the bathroom and putting them on Instagram. The jokes about Googling oneself are no longer funny – so far it’s the most decent thing you can do to check yourself out on the Net. B1 Free Archiver, though not making selfie-photoshoots Continue reading…

You have probably noticed that B1 Archiver offers the option of creating split archives. If you have never tried to create a split archive just because you have no idea what it is and why you might need it, this small post will help you figure it out. Continue reading…

We know well how glad users are to learn about some tricks in their favorite software. Our B1 Free Archiver project leader Adam Buyer does even more – as a true keyboard fan he loves to use well known key combinations and enable them in the software he develops. We decided to write all those combos down and came to gather around him in our lounge room for a cup of coffee. Continue reading…

Did you know that you can do almost everything you need in B1 Free Archiver using a few key combinations? To improve your experience with our program we added hotkeys for the most clickable actions/tasks or core functions in B1 Free Archiver. So let’s see what are these “hotkeys”. Continue reading…

How many times in your life have you thought: “Oh Gosh, why make everything so complicated?”. Well, members of our B1 team have that silent reaction every time they accidentally run into some software which looks more like a circuit diagram than a handy tool. Continue reading…

There are some minor updates in B1 Free Archiver, but the life becomes much easier with them. Possibility to copy-paste, delete or create archives using just the hot buttons or the context menu is available in the last version of B1 Free Archiver. Continue reading…

B1 Free Archiver becomes simpler and simpler. Standard user folders (Music, Downloads, Documents, etc.) are now available at the right side of the B1 Manager, so users don’t have to open plenty folder windows just to find the right folder to pack or unzip the file.Continue reading…

B1 Free Archiver has an updated process dialogs in its 0.6 version. New process dialog windows not only look niftier, but also show a lot of necessary information. Users can track the process of files’ archiving or extracting precisely now.